OPEN ACCESS operator Hull Trains will start running again on Friday, after a gap of more than 19 weeks. All services had been withdrawn on 30 March in response to the coronavirus lockdown. Fares will be discounted and a reduced timetable will apply, with two services between Hull and London

THE ScotRail train which was derailed south west of Stonehaven on Wednesday had abandoned its journey to Glasgow Queen Street and was returning to Aberdeen, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has revealed. After some contradictory speculation over the past two days, it has now emerged that the 06.38 from Aberdeen was

Our occasional series of then and now ‘views’ normally show where the railway has been closed, and in many cases the trackbed returned to nature. The pairing of images on this occasion shows the transformation of a rundown railway to a busy local rail and tram operation.  The driver of a

Following the recent announcement of the Government’s intention to remove diesel trains from the network by 2040, KEITH FENDER looks at how Alstom has developed a hydrogen-powered train that will lead to a trial in the UK within two years. In early November, Alstom and the government of the German state

TRAIN services on several lines in Scotland are still disrupted after Wednesday’s severe weather. Although the derailment near Stonehaven has had the most publicity, with no trains running between Dundee and Aberdeen until further notice, there are other gaps on the ScotRail network as well. One major blockage has occurred at Falkirk,

NETWORK RAIL is launching a series of nationwide checks on ‘higher-risk’ earthworks in the wake of the derailment near Stonehaven, in which three people lost their lives and six were injured. The checks on embankments and cutting walls will be carried out by Network Rail’s own engineers, supported by specialist

The scene near Stonehaven. Photo: STV News An investigation has begun into the derailment of a passenger train near Stonehaven in which three people died and six others injured. The incident involved the 06.48 ScotRail service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street, which about a mile from Carmont level crossing at Carmont,

South Western Railway staff are using an unlikely voice to spread a message about face coverings. New station announcements have been recorded by two staff member’s children to call on passengers to wear face coverings and keep their distance from each other. The announcements are now being played across the South Western

IT is now known that three people were killed in the derailment near Stonehaven in north east Scotland this morning, and six others have been taken to hospital with mainly minor injuries. The ScotRail driver was among the three fatalities.The train affected was an early morning service from Aberdeen to

Updated 12.45, 13.10, 13.15, 13.21, 13.23, 13.29, 13.31, 13.41, 13.50, 14.13 PASSENGERS on board a train at Stonehaven between Dundee and Aberdeen have been injured in a derailment, and at least one fatality has been reported. If so, it will be the first fatality in a British train accident since 2007.